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(No Model.) 2 Sheets--Sheet 1. J. ARMSTRONG.

CORN SHOUKBR.

No. 430,609. Patented June 24, 1890.

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CORN SHOGKER.

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JOHN ARMSTRONG, OF VINE CREEK, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO HANNAH ARMSTRONG, OF SAME PLACE.

CORN-SHOCKER.

S EPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,609, dated June 24, 1890.

Application filed January 31, 1890. Serial No. 338,709. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ARMSTRONG, of Vine Creek, Ottawa county, Kansas, have i11- vented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Shockers, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying. drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in corn-shockers, its objects being, first, to provide a shocker with which better results can be obtained than by those used heretofore; second, to provide a corn-shocker which is so constructed as to be easily transported over the fields when being used; third, to accomplish these ends with simplicity and economy of construction, which I do by making use of the mechanism and parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is the front sectional view of the device, showing it attached to the corn-harvester. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of said shocking device. Fig. 3 is a plan sectional view taken on a line to m of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the receiving and binding device.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A represents my invention constituting two inclined standards or timbers B, which are secured on frame-work 0, together with a third upright inclined standard B, which is secured on the frame-work O.

D is a front cross-beam connecting the beams or timbers O O, and 'D is a similar beam connecting the timbers O and 0, located a short distance to the rear of the front beam D, said timbers O and 0' being provided with bearings c, in which the shaft c works.

E represents a roller or pulley secured on shaft e, being provided with an extension E, which has the dovetail members 6, which fit in the corresponding notches of said roller E. This projection E is for the purpose of throwing said pulley or roller out of gear by operating the hand-lever F, which is fulcrumed to the segmental standard g said hand-lever F having a suitable projection which catches in notches g of the standard G, said standard G being made in the shape of an inverted U and properly secured on the timbers O and D, this shifting device being more clearly illustrated in Fig. 1.

H is a timber secured between the upright inclined beams B B, running from front to rear. On said timber H is secured the platform I, the outer edge of said platform I be ing provided with a sleeper z', and the inner edge being provided with a corresponding sleeper 2", said sleeper 1" being beveled, as illustrated in Fig. 1, so that the rollers 2', which are secured on beams of the binding and receiving device K, can be passed thereover. These sleepers Z and t" are for the purpose of keeping the receiving device K from rolling oif the platform I when said device is being hauled over the ground.

J is a suitable tumbling-joint, which connectsthe axle of the corn-harvester with the pulley or Windlass E of the corn-shocker, said tumbling-joint having the metallic arms j, by which it is secured to the main axle 7 and pulley-shaft e.

K represents the receiving device having the binding or pressing arms Za'which are hinged to the horizontal arms It, which in turn are secured between the lugs 7t, as illus trated in Fig. 4. The upper ends of the compressing-arms it are provided with eyes, in which are secured suitable ropes a, the outer extremities of said ropes being provided with hooks.

L is a timber, to which lugs it are rigidly secured. To each end of said timber L are upright posts Z, rigidly secured in position. The upper ends of these posts are provided with eyes Z, through which the ropes a may be passed after the device is filled with corn. Said standards or posts Z are also provided with loops or staples Z, through which said ropes a may be passed when a small shock is to be made. The vertical binding or compressing arms Zt are provided near their centers with small eyes, in which are secured the ropes (1. These ropes a, pass through an eye or staple secured in upright standard Z, and are for the purpose of releasing the arms 7t from the shock and lifting the receiver back to its position on the table or platform I. The ropes Ct are crossed before they are passed through the loops Z or Z and then passed through the loops opposite their respective compressing-arms.

L is a sleeper or timber passing centrally under the bottom of the receiving deviceand properly secured to the front bar Z on which the bed-timber L is secured. Passing rearward it is rigidly secured to the frame L" Secured at equal intervals between the compressing-arms k and the frame L are suitable horizontal timbers Z which receive the corn and hold it on said device. The under surface of the timbers Z are provided with suitable rollers 'i, by which the shock may be rolled from the platform more easily.

M is a platform secured on the top ofv the upright inclined timbers B and B, from which is suspended the cross-tree N by a suitable swinging rod n, which is hung from staple or loop m. Attached to the under side of cross-tree N are the pulleys 0, over which pass the ropes or cables 0. of said ropes 0 is secured to the roller or pulley E, the other end being provided with rings, in which the hooks which are secured on the ropes a may be secured for raising the receiver from the platform or table I.

P is a suitable cable or rope secured round the roller or pulley E, passing outward, and is passed through the loop or eye I), the lower end of said cable P being provided with a weight 19, which serves to reverse the rotation of the roller or pulley E after the shock has been raised by the rope or cable 0 and let down on the ground, thus slackening the cable 0. In order to allow the weight 19 to operate the roller or pulley E, I throw the said roller out of gear with the part E by loop or eyes q.

means of hand-lever F, after the shock has been raised by the rope or cable 0.

Q is a stay-rod, which secures the timbers G and C, it being properly secured by the This is clearly shown in Fig. 3. I R represents the corn-harvester to which my device is secured, having endless con- Veyer 3 mounted on suitable rollers, which conducts the corn from the sickles to the inclined conveyer 4, which elevates and deposits it in the receiver K.

5 represents the reel with which the harvester is provided.

6 is a suitable rack secured below the inclined conveyer 4, which receives the corn which is carried up on said conveyers, while the receiver is off of the table I. As soon as the shocker has been replaced on the table the rack is allowed to swing downward, depositing the corn in the receiver.

7 is the axle of the corn-harvester, which is coupled to the Windlass-shaft by tumblingrod joint J, already described. Said shocking device being mounted on suitable casterwheels 2, having the shocker properly secured to the harvester, and the axle attached to the Windlass-shaft by means of said tumblingjoint, the operations are as follows:

The binding and receiving device K is placed on the table I, with the infolding arms is spread open, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4, and the team which draws the harvester is started. As the corn is harvested,it is carried to the endless conveyer 3 and elevated One end by the inclined conveyor 4 and deposited in the receiving device K. When it has become full, the ropes a are passed through the eyes Z or Z (according to the size of the shock desired) and the hooks secured in rings with which the ropes or cables 0 are provided, all slack being taken up by rope or cable P. The Windlass E is then thrown in gear by lever F (shown in Fig. 1) and the receiver containing the corn is raised from its position on the platform or table I. The infolding arms are drawn entirely round the corn by having said ropes a passing through the loops Z or Z". As the receiver K swings from the table I, it takes a vertical position, the weight of corn being sufficient to cause it to retain that position until the shock has been deposited on the ground. The hooks are then released from the rings and the arms kwithdrawn from the shock by pulling on the ropes a, the pressure of the arms round the corn being sufficient to cause it to retain an upright position after it has been left on the ground. The stay-rod Q must be unhooked before theshock is lowered, so that the device can pass round the shock without throwing it down. As soon as it has passed it is again hooked in position. The receiver K is returned to its position on the table or platform I and is again ready for use.

' Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A corn-shocker provided with upright timbers, having the horizontal beam H, on which is secured a platform I, which receives the receiving and binding device K, said device K having the infolding arms 70, provided with ropes a, which pass through loops or eyes in the opposite upright standard Z, for the purposes substantially as set forth and described.

2. A corn-shocker having the receiving device K, provided with the infolding arms k and secured in the frame-work L, located at one end of said device, and which receives the corn, the weight of the corn being sufficient to throw it in a vertical position as soon as said device leaves the platform I, which position is retained by the corn after the said device has been released therefrom, the said device being moved from the platform by means of the hook on ropes a, which engage rings attached to one end of cables 0, said cables running on pulleys attached to top of the frame, the other end of cables 0 being secured to the Windlass E, which is operated by a tumbling-joint connecting it to the shaft of the corn-harvester, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I JOHN ARMSTRONG. Witnesses:

J. S. WINANS, LIZZIE F. WINANs.

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